Innovation Excellence. Cool Hunting. Big Think | Blogs, Articles and Videos from the World's Top Thinkers and Leaders. Focus Forward Films. Future Trends. Future Trends When faced with fresh challenges and the opportunities and threats posed by technological innovation, the human race has always evolved to live, work and explore in new ways. Listed below are some of those rising social, industrial and organizational phenomenon that look set to trigger many changes in our lives and belief systems over the coming decades.
Please note that trends specifically linked to particular technologies and their development are included here in the future technologies section. More Local Living Due to Peak Oil and wider resource depletion, within a few decades it is going to be impossible to trade globally in most foods and many basic goods. We therefore need to start preparing for a world focused far more on localization and far less on globalization. For more information, please see the more local living page. Low Energy Lifestyles The 'net energy' output of all alternative energy sources is far lower than that of petroleum.
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